It would be good if you found a background image that wasn't as blurry and oversized as the current one. Also if you're using magic wand to cut out an image you'll tend to get a white line around it, it usually needs to be cleaned up by hand with an eraser set to something like 75% opacity and 75% hardness, i'm no photoshop expert myself, I only use JASC PSP8.

Actually, I did do that by hand. I could just feather it.

As for the background, good ones are hard to come by. That background was honestly a last resort. All the other ones I have either are covered by the AC, or have an AC already in it. I'll have a look in my Armored Core folder and see if I can't find anything better.

And I'm using Elements 5. I think I should start using Corel Photo-draw. I'm liking it a lot better since I started doing it.

As for the background, good ones are hard to come by. That background was honestly a last resort. All the other ones I have either are covered by the AC, or have an AC already in it. I'll have a look in my Armored Core folder and see if I can't find anything better.